The Marauders Era

To Hogsmeade, of course.

Sirius sank back in his chair and let out a sigh. One would think it was his herbology essay that was troubling him or that he was spending his Friday evening in the library. However, that was not the case. Tomorrow was the day his little sister was going on her date with her future husband. Just that sentence alone was enough to give him nightmares.

Over the past week, he had been trying to get his roommates to go along with his plan to crash the date. However, James shook his head, saying that he didn't want to be on either Cassie's or Lily's kill list; Peter refused because he didn't want Cassie to be mad at him. Frank was trying to get back into Alice's good graces and wouldn't dare to do anything that meant spoiling the magical makeover's purpose. While Remus had just rolled his eyes and returned to the book he had been reading.

For a moment, Sirius had even considered asking his sisters roommates. However, when he mentioned it, Lily's glare was enough to make him drop that idea relatively fast.

All said, he had no idea what to do, which again frustrated him to no end, making him let out another sigh.

"Merlins beard Sirius, that's the 11th time in a half-hour. Are you trying to make me come over there and strangle you?"

Remus's usually light amber eyes had darkened significantly, and his pale face seemed tired and somewhat annoyed. A strike of guilt immediately filled the curly-haired boy, Remus had gotten released from the hospital wing earlier that day, and the first thing he did was going to the library to make up for the work he lost.

Although he did have the notes, his friends made him, and as much as he was grateful for them, for he was, there were always one or two things that they forgot to write down or had trouble understanding, depending on the subject.

However, he should have known that letting Sirius join him wasn't the best idea, as his emotions still hadn't settled back into normal. With the full moon having been just three days earlier, they were all over the place, and patience was not his best quality right now.

"I'm sorry, Remus."

The sandy-haired boy rubbed his eyes and let out a sigh himself when he saw the guilty look on his friend's face.

"No. I'm sorry for snapping at you. My mood hasn't been the greatest today."

Remus let his eyes linger for a moment on Sirius's face, kicking himself for not noticing the dark rings that were growing under his grey eyes. "Is it bothering you that much?"

The dark-haired boy leaned his head back, closing his eyes and let his mind fly around for a moment. Several things were bothering him. Apart from his sister, there was also his brother, who he had seen wandering the corridors along with Crabbe, Rosier, and Snape more often than he would have liked.

Not to mention the hours he had spent at the hospital wing for the last few days. A tiny smile, one that Remus missed, covered his lips as he thought back to yesterday when Madam Pomfrey was inches away from hexing him out of the wing.

When he finally returned to the dormitory yesterday evening for the first time since the full moon, Peter took one look at him before turning to James and asked him.

"Do you know this one, Prongs?"

James lifted his eyes from the map, staring at the tired-looking boy standing by the entrance, and smiled a somewhat mischievous smile as Sirius recalled.

"No, can't say I do. But he does look awfully familiar, Pete, don't you think?"

Peter squinted his eyes while looking at Sirius for a moment before he let out a gasp.